Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.
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Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.
Through the centuries, we faced down death by daring to hope.
No matter what kind of difficult situation one may find oneself in, some opening, some opportunity to fight one's way out, can always be found. What's most important is to hold fast to Hope, to face the future with courage.
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart.
Have Hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow, - No night but hath its morn.
Hope is a song in a weary throat.
Something good was happening. My life was rising from the ashes, and the sight of it left me feeling something like hopeful.
My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals - I remained faithful, hopeful, and open to seeing the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I stayed open to believing that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.
Hope is born of participation in hopeful solutions.
I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.
I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.
Hope and fear are inseparable.
The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about their business with a smile on their faces; and took the changes and chances of this mortal life like men; facing rough and smooth alike as it came.
Man partly is and wholly hopes to be.
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.
Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. Others have called this deepest quality confidence, and I have referred to trust as the earliest positive psychosocial attitude, but if life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
[My favorite word is] and. It is so hopeful.
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